Amendment or acquittal?
By Christina Mendez | March 5, 2012 - 12:00am
Defense seeks Senate ruling on dropping of 5 raps vs CJ Chief Justice Renato Corona will ask the Senate impeachment court to resolve whether the prosecution’s move to drop five of the eight Articles of Impeachment...
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Court to rule on violent video game sales to kids
June 27, 2011 - 11:01pm
Is it unconstitutional to ban the sale or rental of ultraviolent video games to children?
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Constitutional amendment and development - Benefits and budgetary costs - Part III
By Gerardo P. Sicat | February 16, 2011 - 12:00am
The discussion of constitutional amendments below answers two questions.
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Amending the restrictive economic provisions of the Philippine Constitution
By Gerardo P. Sicat | December 15, 2010 - 12:00am
The recent reports from official quarters indicate that the economic growth rate in the country reached seven percent on an annual basis recently.
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WikiLeaks: Espionage? Journalism? Something else?
December 1, 2010 - 11:00am
The government's decisions about whether or how to bring criminal charges against participants in the WikiLeaks disclosures are complicated by the very newness of Julian Assange's Internet-based outfit: Is it journalism...
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Angara proposes amending economic provisions of Charter
By Christina Mendez | May 28, 2010 - 12:00am
Sen. Edgardo Angara proposed that president-apparent Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III should take into consideration the possibility of amending only the economic provisions in the present Constitut...
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China lifts travel ban against people with HIV
April 28, 2010 - 9:05am
BEIJING (AP) — China says it has lifted a 20-year travel ban that barred people with HIV and AIDS from entering the country.
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Cha-cha 101

By MY FOUR CENTAVOS | By Dean Andy Bautista | June 27, 2009 - 12:00am
Intro to Cha-cha: When people speak of Charter change, what do they legally mean? Under Article 17 of the 1987 Constitution, such change can be in the form of either an amendment or a revision.
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JPE interview clarifies C5 'double insertion'

By Federico D. Pascual Jr. | May 21, 2009 - 12:00am
(THIS transcript of a press interview with Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile on Sept. 15, 2008, can help clarify issues on the “double insertion” of P200 million for the C5 road in the 2008 budget.
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FSC boosts financial transparency
April 21, 2009 - 12:00am
Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) is reportedly drafting new rules to enhance corporate transparency that will require financial institutions to reveal salaries and perks given to their senior...
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